{"id":692,"date":"2007-10-14T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-14T21:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=692"},"modified":"2007-10-14T23:29:49","modified_gmt":"2007-10-14T22:29:49","slug":"ainulindale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"Ainulindal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so the tall tale of the laundry. Well, to be completely honest with you it&#8217;s not that tall. It&#8217;s quite short actually. I did laundry, it went fine. That&#8217;s pretty much it.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-4664\"><img WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=300 SRC=\"..\/pictures\/thumbs\/2007\/071013_laundryroom_th.jpg\" ALT=\"laundryroom\" TITLE=\"laundryroom\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the picture is boring!<\/p>\n<p>S&#8217;more details: I was a little nervous about how to sort the clothes properly, how many degrees to wash them in etc. But I looked around on the net to brush up on it before I went to the laundry room and that made me feel somewhat more secure about it all. So I went and popped all the clothes in the machines. Put in soap. My net-readings had lead me to conclude that I didn&#8217;t actually need liquid soap at all. So I only used washing powder, or whatever it&#8217;s called. Once the machines got started I went to the shopping center around the corner and bought some supplies for the weekend. Also stopped by the library and picked up The Silmarillion which I had on order. I went back home and dropped it all off. Then went back to the laundry room. Emptied the machines and stuffed everything in the dryer. Then I sat down and read some Unfinished Tales while I waited for that to get done. A bloke stopped by and started doing his laundry. We exchanged friendly helloes, but other than that there was nothing to it. And when my clothes were dry I bunged &#8217;em in my plastic box and went back home. Job done! I think I may have used a little too much soap powder though. At night I had to peel off the blanket covers because they smelled a bit too soapy. Maybe I&#8217;m just not used to fresh and clean laundry! Hehe. Anyway, I think next time I&#8217;ll use a little less soap. And maybe leave the clothes in the dryer for a teeny bit longer. But other than that I am just happy that I have done this. I know doing your own laundry is a tiny little thing that everyone can and should do and it&#8217;s nothing to worry about etcetera. It&#8217;s nothing to be proud of. But on the other hand, I have lived for so long without actually taking care of things myself. Every little thing that I can do on my own feels like a little accomplishment. It all comes back to that nice thought: &#8220;I am not a complete failure&#8221;. I like that thought. Because it&#8217;s contrary to how I have felt about myself for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Go me!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, here is my appartment block seen from quite a long way away:<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-4665\"><img WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=300 SRC=\"..\/pictures\/thumbs\/2007\/071009_block_th.jpg\" ALT=\"block\" TITLE=\"block\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the left. Fascinating, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree.<\/p>\n<p>I got a nice note from &#8220;brooks&#8221; leading me to the unplugged version of Bryan Adam&#8217;s heaven. And now I would like to lead you to it too. <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bD-bRMHVfsw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bD-bRMHVfsw<\/a>. I just think that song is wonderful, I can&#8217;t help it. It&#8217;s funny, my relationship with Bryan Adams. I have a feeling that it&#8217;s not very hip to like him. I think one of the first cassette tapes I ever bought was a Bryan Adams tape. I was really into him for quite some time. Then he did a duet with a Spice Girl. And I stopped liking him. Around the &#8220;18 Till I Die&#8221; song as well. That pretty much encompassed my feelings about him then, he was trying to be young and hip and top of the MTV charts and I got very bored with him. But there&#8217;s a handful of his earlier songs that really are deeply connected to parts of my childhood\/teens. I&#8217;m sure you know the feeling, there are some songs that just come to define you. Like smells that bring out memories. <\/p>\n<p>I always loved the lines &#8220;standing on your mama&#8217;s porch, you told me that you&#8217;d wait forever, oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never, those were the best days of my life&#8221;. From Summer of &#8217;69. They always make me feel a little sentimental. Thinking of memories I don&#8217;t have. Wanting to stand on my sweetheart&#8217;s porch. Instead of just riding by on my bicycle. I never got to hold her hand<\/p>\n<p>But enough about Bryan Adams and my troubled teens. Today I watched the third Pirates of the Carribooan movie. Fun stuff. You know, everyone is raving about Johnny Depp. I think we all know who the real star of that movie is though. That&#8217;s right, the goat. If you don&#8217;t know the goat then you can&#8217;t have seen the movie. Because the goat totally steals the picture. Witness: <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rrN76peNjuA\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rrN76peNjuA<\/a>. The goats are taking over Hollywood, it&#8217;s true. <\/p>\n<p>All hail the glory of the goats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so the tall tale of the laundry. Well, to be completely honest with you it&#8217;s not that tall. It&#8217;s quite short actually. I did laundry, it went fine. That&#8217;s pretty much it. Even the picture is boring! 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